Mr. Perfect ( On Hold)

12

Hailey's P. O. V.

"Wake up Wake up! " someone screamed in my ear.

I don't know why this fucking idiot thought that it was a splendid idea to blast my ears this early in the morning.

I am not a morning person, if you haven't figured that out by now. Sue me.

I rolled over and pushed whoever it was straight off the bed.

"Lee if you don't wake up this instant I will throw a bucket full of ice cold water all over you. " Trace said.

I am going to take her warning seriously this time, let me tell you she has done this before. Trust me it was not a very pleasant experience . I sat up on the bed rubbing sleep from my eyes.

"What is it Tracey?" I asked.

"I want details girl. "

"At this ungodly hour in the morning? "

"It's 10 o clock sweetie."

"Your point being? "

"What am I going to do with you? "

"Let me sleep maybe ?" I say cranky from waking up this early. I slept in late okay. Go ahead judge me, but a girl needs her beauty sleep.

" Shut up and get out of the bed, I am making you coffee. Then we are going to talk about this amazing penthouse suite, those two hotties and yesterdays party. "

"Suuurrreee" I drawled out. "Whatever you say. "

I got up showered and went to the kitchen to see Trace pouring 2 steaming hot cups of coffee for the both of us.

"Thanks Trace. "

"Oh! No worries. Now spill. "

So after I had 'spilled ' everything, Trace was quite for a few minutes and then she went crazy. Like absolute bat-shit crazy. She squealed so loud my eardrums were ringing.

"What's wrong with you woman. " I asked playfully hitting her arm.

"Whats wrong with you? How are you so calm after yesterday? "

"Am I supposed to react differently? "

"Well Duh!"

"Oh. Okay. "

"BTW, I saw you mother yesterday. "

"Yeah you told me. And for the record never I repeat never say B-T-W ever again. "

"I think she came back only because of the news. "

"What news? "

"Girl you are so yesterday. Turn on the TV. "

I did as she said after a great difficulty, having forgotten almost everything Ethan taught.

There it was. A picture of a lady who incidentally look kind of like me with Ashton. After a moment I realized that the lady was indeed none other than yours truly.

I was feeling a lot out of place. I have never been so glamoured up in my entire life than I had yesterday.

I couldn't believe that the woman in the picture is me. She was looking so calm, collected and most of all she was beautiful and elegant. Everything which I was not. A gorgeous dress and the right amount of makeup could do wonders. If only life were that simple.

The news was flashing below our picture-

"Ashton Maxwell, multi-billionaire businessman with a new  mystery woman? Is she a mere escort or someone special ?

"Uh! I hate media. "

"You are famous, girl. "

"No I am not. It's just because of Ashton, and him and I, we are going to have a long conversation about this as soon as possible. "

"So what, did you think that the paparazzi won't be involved, when you attend a party with the most eligible bachelor in town? "

"Well... "

"You have go to be the most dense girl on this planet. You know... "

She was about to say something more to pull me further down the drain of eternal embarrassment when the bell went off.

"Saved by the bell" she said mirroring my thoughts.

I got up and opened the door only to find Ashy and Ethan standing there with a bag in both their hands.

"Oh I am so glad you are here Ash. " I say. The venom in my tone making me wince.

"I can feel the love. " Ethan said sidestepping into the apartment. " And who, if I may ask, is this gorgeous young lady?"

"Stop flirting for once you idiot. She is Tracey McCall my best friend. " I said.

"Hey, I am not an idiot. "

I turned to look at Trace only to find her frozen in shock. This girl and her fan club. Let me tell you. They are crazy. She is crazy.

Oh did I mention our little miss Trace here has a tinsy tiny and I mean a huge crush on Ethan.

"What happened. What are you so mad about?"  Ashy asks ignoring everything else.

"Come on in. Here watch this. "

Realisation crossed over his beautifully sculpted features.

"So? Why are you making such a big fuss over a stupid news? It was bound to happen sometime time or the other. "

"And you didn't feel the need to inform me about it? "

"Well I didn't really think about it. It must have slipped my mind"

"I am sorry ' slipped your mind? ' could you be anymore unbelievable ?"

"Well you should have known. I am after all the richest person in town and the most eligible bachelor."

"Not to mention narssisictic and self centered asshole. "

"How dare you call me that? " he said his temper rising with every word and his voice scarily calm.

"What! don't tell me you prefer being called an arse. "

To this Ashton gave me a bone chilling glare and I wished I had never spoken, but I stood my ground. I had to show this asshole that he can't just walk all over me.

"I agree " Trace said out of the blue.

"What ?" Ashton said turning his glare towards Tracey.

"Oh I wasn't talking to you. You guys carry on. Don't mind me."

"So what are you going to do about the news? " I ask.

"Well we actually did come here to talk about that. "

"So what do you suggest we do? "

"Well Ethan here came up with a brilliant plan. "

"Well then let's hear it. "

After Ashton told me about this brilliant plan of his my first words were, " No, absolutely not. This is crazy. This entire plan is crazy. And it's not going to work. "

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A/N:-

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